ෂඩ් ශාස්තෘවරු
| The views of six samaṇa in the Pāli Canon (based on the Buddhist text Sāmaññaphala Sutta1) | |
| Śramaṇa | view (diṭṭhi)1 |
| පූර්ණ කාශ්යප | Amoralism: denies any reward or punishment for either good or bad deeds. |
| Makkhali Gosala (Ājīvika) |
Niyativāda (Fatalism): we are powerless; suffering is pre-destined. |
| Ajita Kesakambali (Lokāyata) |
Materialism: live happily; with death, all is annihilated. |
| පකුද කච්චායන | Sassatavada (Eternalism): Matter, pleasure, pain and the soul are eternal and do not interact. |
| නිගන්ඨ නාථපුත්ත (ජෛනාගම) |
Restraint: be endowed with, cleansed by and suffused with the avoidance of all evil.2 |
| Sanjaya Belatthiputta (Ajñana) |
Agnosticism: "I don't think so. I don't think in that way or otherwise. I don't think not or not not." Suspension of judgement. |
| Notes: | 1. DN 2 (Thanissaro, 1997; Walshe, 1995, pp. 91-109). 2. DN-a (Ñāṇamoli & Bodhi, 1995, pp. 1258-59, n. 585). |